Sarah Cuddon explores the pleasure of the postcard. With reference to
authors, such as the Chilean novelist Robert Bolano, composers
including Edward Elgar and poets (among them, Charles Simic) who have
found inspiration and comfort in the writing, drawing and sending of
cards, she celebrates a rare medium.
And we hear the story and
the correspondence of two friends, Laura Eades and Retta Bowen, who
dedicated themselves to writing a postcard to each other every day for a
month.
Sarah Cuddon explores the pleasure of the postcard. With reference to
authors, such as the Chilean novelist Robert Bolano, composers
including Edward Elgar and poets (among them, Charles Simic) who have
found inspiration and comfort in the writing, drawing and sending of
cards, she celebrates a rare medium. 
